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by Tony Gamal-Gabriel with Ammar Karim in Baghdad Agence France-Presse MOSUL, Iraq – Iraqi forces said Tuesday they had seized the main government offices in Mosul and its famed museum as they made steady progress in their battle to retake the city’s west from jihadists. The advances, which also included the recapture of three neighbourhoods, were announced on the third day of a renewed offensive against the Islamic State group in west Mosul — the […]
by James MANNION Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – The American Civil Liberties Union and others are already lining up to challenge President Donald Trump’s revised ban on refugees and travelers from six mainly Muslim countries. But can they succeed in overturning a measure that was deliberately crafted to remove the red flags raised by US courts? That may be more difficult. This time there is unlikely to be a backdrop of airport chaos […]
by Isambard WILKINSON Agence France-Presse KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – North Korea and Malaysia Tuesday banned each other’s citizens from leaving their countries, with Kuala Lumpur saying its nationals were effectively being held “hostage” in a row over the assassination of Kim Jong-Nam. The extraordinary tit-for-tat moves came as the reclusive North faced growing international condemnation for a volley of missiles it fired into the Sea of Japan, defying stringent global sanctions aimed at halting its weapons […]
(Eagle News) — With 216 “yes” votes and 54 “no” votes, the House of Representatives approved on third and final reading the bill seeking to reimpose the death penalty in the country. House Bill 4727 was passed on Tuesday, March 7, just six days after its second reading approval on voice voting. This time, through nominal voting, there was only one abstention, as lawmakers expressed their votes before the passage of the bill. Only drug-related […]
(Eagle News) — Five people in Sultan Kudarat were arrested after they were caught in possession of products from “naturally grown” trees in violation of the forestry law. The National Bureau of Investigation environmental crime division arrested Vivencio Necesito Jr., Ramel Castracion, Sonny Oriel, Jerry Paglomutan and Wilfredo Pableo after they failed to produce environmental permits for their furniture shops, which housed narra, mahogany, yakal, lavan, ipil ipil, dao, lamud and mariapa products. The NBI […]
Kampeon muli ang San Miguel Beermen o SMB sa ikatlong sunod na pagkakataon matapos nitong pigilin ang pagsusumikap ng Barangay Ginebra na makakuha ng isa pang panalo sa game 5 ng PBA best-of-seven championship series. Nagtapos ang laban sa score na 91-85 pabor sa San Miguel na labis na ikinatuwa ng kanilang mga tagahanga. Ayon kay Coach Leo Austria, ito na ang pinaka-highlight ng kanyang karera dahil sa three-peat accomplishment ng SMB.
ORANI, Bataan (Eagle News) – Inilunsad sa bayan ng Orani, Bataan ang clean-up drive kaalinsabay ng ika-120 anibersayo nito. Pinangunahan ito ni Mayor Efren Bonjong Pascual, Jr. at ni Vice Mayor Godofredo Galicia, Jr. Kasama rin nila ang Sanguniang Bayan Members at sa pakikipagtulungan naman ng Municipal employees, national Agencies, mga estudyante, senior citizens at mga Non-government Organizations. Nagtulong-tulong ang mga dumalo sa paglilinis sa paligid ng Munisipyo at karatig Barangay. Ayon kay Mayor Bonjong Pascual kung […]
(Eagle News ) — Muling nagpulong ang mga miyembro ng newly expanded Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) para sa dalawang araw nitong sesyon. Pangunahing layunin ng BTC ay bumuo ng isang congressional measure para palitan ang Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) ng Bangsamoro entity batay sa peace compact sa pagitan ng gobyerno at Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). Ang BTC ay inilunsad sa Davao City na pinangunahan mismo ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, ito ang ipinalit […]
OLONGAPO CITY, Zambales (Eagle News) – Nagsagawa ng National Mass Training for Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation ang Philippine Heart Association at Council on Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation noong Lunes, March 6 sa isang Mall sa Subic Bay Freeport Zone. Ito ay may temang “Save a life, Learn CPR.” Dinaluhan ito ng iba’t ibang sektor tulad ng mga nasa medical field, kapulisan, mga guro sa pribado at pampublikong paaralan at ilang mga estudyante. Ang lecture ay pinangunahan ni Dr. Marietta […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The sister of President Rodrigo Duterte, Jocelyn Duterte-Villarica, branded as “all lies” the second senate testimony of retired SPO3 Arturo Lascañas. She particularly referred to Lascanas’ claim that the President had orderd the killing of her alleged former dance instructor.. Villarica said that the dance instructor allegedly killed in Davao City is still alive. She said Lascañas’ testimony was part of the destabilization plot against the President. In her […]
(Eagle News) — The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the filing of cases against former Misamis Oriental Rep. Prospero Nograles for his alleged involvement in the “anomalous utilization” of P10 million worth of priority development assistance funds. In a statement on Tuesday, the Ombudsman said Nograles, who also became speaker of the House of Representatives, was set to be indicted for violation of the AntiGraft and Corrupt Practices Act (three counts), for malversation (one count), […]
(Eagle News) — Good news for workers in Central Visayas! Starting Friday, March 10, workers in the private sector in Central Visayas will receive an additional P13.00 in their minimum wage. According to DOLE RO7 Regional Director Exequiel R. Sarcauga, the areas that will receive the new daily minimum wage includes the workers in Cebu, Bohol, Siquijor and Negros Oriental. Under the new wage order, the salary of minimum wage earners of first class municipalities […]
